SHOOTING OF CIVILIANS NOT TRANSPARENT

In the U.S. there have been many videos of unprovoked and unnecessary police shootings of citizens. here in Canada we had the horrific videos of the shooting of Sammy Yatin on a Toronto street car. Here in Kitchener we had a shooting of a young man two years ago on Brybeck Cres. The man, Beau Baker, was in need of help and he called the Police for it. They responded with seven bullets according to today's Waterloo Region Record story titled "Family of man shot by police mark second anniversary".

Beau's mother and brother state that they still do not have answers as to how and why their family member was shot to death outside his apartment building two years ago. Initially the province refused to hold a coroner's inquest into the death however changed their mind after Beau's mother said in a media interview that she did not know the details of her son's death or the name of the officer involved in the shooting. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) did investigate and refused to lay charges against the officer but does not provide their reports to the public.

The family are suing the police over the death of Beau. Why do I expect that is the only way they will get even a half assed honest investigation and answers to their questions? Oh yes it's from being involved in far too many so called reviews and investigations that are simply a sham. In Ontario truth is the first casualty of power and money.